Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.

The perfect moment is this one, not the one you're waiting for.

Leave your front door and your back door open. Allow your thoughts to come and go. Just don't serve them tea.

Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what's happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what's happening.

The purpose of meditation is to make our mind calm and peaceful. If our mind is peaceful, we will be free from worries and mental discomfort.

If you love someone, the greatest gift you can give them is your presence.

To carry yourself forward and experience myriad things is delusion. That myriad things come forth and experience themselves is awakening.

Through understanding emptiness, one does not become proud of one's virtues, just as one does not become proud of building a castle in the sky.

The practitioner and practice are like fire and wood. The more you practice, the more you burn.

Study the Buddha's teaching which is present in every moment.

The practice of meditation is not about achieving states of bliss but about seeing things as they really are.

Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.

The first step toward faith is to admit that we don't know everything.

The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.

The treasure house within you contains everything, and you are free to use it. You don't need to seek outside.

The true person is not anyone in particular. But like the deep blue color of the limitless sky, it is everyone, everywhere in the world.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

Each decision we make, each action we take, is born out of an intention.

The development of insight is gradual, but the realization of truth is sudden.

When mindfulness and concentration are strong, insight into the three characteristics naturally unfolds.

True freedom is a freedom from the tyranny of our own thoughts and afflictive emotions.

Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.

For whom emptiness is possible, everything is possible. For whom emptiness is not possible, nothing is possible.

Right practice is steady practice. Whether you feel lazy or diligent, just keep practicing.

What is the sound of one hand clapping?

When you generate negativity, you are the first victim of your negativity.

The practice of mindfulness is simple: whatever you experience, you observe and note it.

Sankharas are the seeds of consciousness that manifest as sensations. By observing sensations equanimously, we stop creating new sankharas.

To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things.

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

Metta (loving-kindness) becomes truly effective only when it arises from a peaceful mind, a pure mind, a balanced mind.

Self-awareness is the key to freedom. The more we understand ourselves, the more we understand how to be free.

The dharma is not in the books. If you want to find the dharma, look in your mind.